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CAROLINA'S LEGISLATU R
'1VIll) 311CM1IIS" IN TE' NE
OENEICAL .t SSEMIHY.
Dlon and MIeasures that Wil1 Firghat
the Senate and IHouse-Con test. fu
the Speakership Probable--Pro
specting as to the Other
Officers of the Assembly
Conu ii't, S. C., Nov. 4, 1883
The next South Carolina Legislati
will contain a great many of what
commonly known as "wild meniher
l'hey are the members?who will
serving their first terms, men "-r<
from the people," thoroughly imbhr
with a patriotic :desire to~do aot
thing for somebody. Their int
tions will . be good, and they V
strive to piomote the public w%
fare. They will not be "rotten F
urated or permeated with politic
but will be chock lnll of id!
concerning everything, and in
deavoring to carry them into elk.
they become "wild." Thcy are, h<
ever, all South Carolinians, con
quently, conservative, just ail ti
to the best interests of the Stat a
in the end will act wisely and w
Many measures of impor:ance v
come up for consideration. Amt
these the establishment of our 1
riculture College, the reorganizati
of the Department of Agricultu
the repeal of the Lien laws, and I
calling of a State Constitutional C<
vention. It is too early to pred
what may be done with any of th<
matters. It is' the general opitti
-however, in well informed cire
that the depressed condition oi i
agriculturists, and the great loss
property in Charleston, will oper:
to defeat the Agricultural Coli
and defer, for a time at least, t
Constitutional Couvention. The Li
laws have been practically repeali
so far as the merchants are conce
ed. The land owners (and tlat te
is synonomous with farmr.:) havi
a prior lien upon the crops of teii
puts this whole matter lack in I
hands of themselves and as they :
more interested in the <iu-st ion t1b
any other class, except tie. tenan
and they have little to say in I
matter of legislation, it may be c
sidered that the Lien law is a dI
issue. It has been proposed to
organize the Department of A,
culture by increasing the number
the Board and having the membi
elected by agricultural societics iI
conventions. The wildest member
the Legislature will hardly favor ti
proposition.
Some of the members of the l.g
lature may favor enlarging the Boa
but they will never consent to g
up the power of electing that, lBo:
themselves. 'lThe L.egislature is
countable to the people for its
Lions, agricultural clubhs are accot
table to no one. ''he South Caroli
Legislature always contains a u
jority of farmers, and an election
it is equivalent to an election b,
responsible agricultural convethi
It is very probable that thcre w
be a contest f<>r thme Spearkershiip
the Ilouse. It is saidl thant l)r.
Pop)e, of Newberry, will oppose lb
JIamnes Simuons, of Chiarlestoni. I
Pope was anm active muetmber of t
last IHouse, andl will doubtless ha
a goodl following. AMr. Si mons I
fillled the Speaker's chair for I
terms, and is recogrnized as a fi
parliamentarian. Col. ,Jolhn C. II
kell wvill no doubut retain1 the Chi:
manshmip of~ the Ways ando Men
Committee. It wvill ble a dillic
matter to find a successor to Col.
II. Simonton as Chairmani of the ,
diciary Committee. lie was, duri
his entire service ini the IIouse, I
recognized leader of the body.
has been suggestedl that as , imi
'Simionton will be hioldi ng court d
ing the session of the Legislatu
that he should adjourni court and( hi
the Legislature to organize its woi
Seriously, he will be greatly miss<
but the man is always readyI
every occasion and lhe will nuot,
lacking this time. Col. W . II. P'
ker, of Abumeville, mnigh t he the mi
If he dlid not have the judicial bee
inI his bonnet. Evidenmtly lhe w
p)refer expounding the laws to mm:
)ng them.
It is believed that Ilion. 11.
Gaillard, of Fairfield, will he chi et
Clerk of the Sen ate. C olonuel ,h
TP. Sloan, the veteran (Clerk of t
CIouse will, in all problablitiy lbe e
l)lmented with a unan inansI vii
Thre are no indientionus of' a conu
for any other subhoedin ate positIi
CatWJ . Brown, of l)rint,ant
gant-at-Ars ever spntum, wi
defenae.letwo tothes Loeisrat
nqaln naility--.- ('. antie amd
el. l. Raysor, of Orangchurg, were r<
l-ctc I. -'lh" grt-at, majority of yount
Mrsteri , ill Icinai , :," home this tio
:a: 1 t.be cb'r 111'n will ilaanipuilat
mattters. Among Ilhe yougir ine
w,ho ii r'"turn teuSkr the absence of.th
one tint. is Hot. IE. B. Murray, <
A:lcrson, wh,o will represent hi
count y in tlie ;enlate. 1lajor Mui
ray i9 agrgri('lve, alert and lev(
headed. A good lepresentative i
eitiet ithe Iouse. A tuong the veteran
r.e who ia ve been pronoted, may 1
s men t-l i,ned Gen. 1R. 11. Hlemphill, c
s the Al weville Meciium. lie is a vei
be eran. ,mt in years but in public sei
'si Vice. Ilie also goes fromn the IHuous
IM to the Senate, having been promote
le. by the imll animous vote of his leo)lc
n. Aiken County SClds a splendid de
.i egation, among them one who hla
el served her well for several terms
at- Ilon. James Aldric. iie would mak
e ,, an excellent head for the Judiciar
s Committee, being fully qualified fe
n. the position by extensive practice s
(t the hIr and long service in the IIousc
tirnwell sends to the louse, ' udg
Mahel ,hr, at ine orator, a polished get
tieiman, :m able lawyer. Several c
the best ,.lion in the Senate are "hold
.ni o':r members. Hlon. L'. W'
Y-nmi)niisi. the Sciator" from Bart
wel! is one of the ablest men of tIi
b,ody. Senator lll, of Aiken, is
on "pr.:ress )ei"D ocrat, one wit
re, Iavors tie develoiment of the r(
.1e s)ur' of 1t the State, and the encoui
m. ienitt and p>romotion of all worth
ict pu1blic einterprises. But the list o
di stingulshed members is too long t
un enumerate. On the whole, it is quit
V possible that the Legislature of 188
will Compare ;"avorably in all respect
of with any similar body that has ai
le semitlecd since 1876.
le It seems to lie pretty well settlei
,ie t,bt Elliott has been elected to Coll
n lrs f'om the Black District o
. ;onth Carolina. This gives th
tate a solid Iemocratic delegatior
e atInd swep ; away the lost remnan
, i' -h : in So)"uth Caroline
t : r the [1len)ents1eiIt two years
he X':tre iC majority is too bi;
dto.: ; t' hr, ani the people too at)(
:n th .. T is Ie is (isorganizatiol
ia u1 cpenLde ntism. The signs ar
\"y isib,le.-11ncu ('I,roniclc
)i1- (G;rar<leau-W oodlrow.
adI
C :re in r(ecipt of the followin!
diltie,d and u.ood-temp)ered -not
rom ilev. .1. L. Cirardeau, D. 1)
which ..xpil:iins itself.
lll (Con .'. x:, Nov. 1, 1886.
i , l "ior u,r'/ic Amtle)ran Jour"tl:
1 Si r--- I s:-e by an extract froi
theC Jo<urnal in (Iin' Columbia Rlegi;
is_ 0" yes3 "tern lay, (Ih: t. )-(ti attribute ti
ie thi dleclara,tion before the Syno
)e of ouit,i Carolina at its late mIeetin!
iln C :hraw : "--that the question ha
1ecome to a choice between Dr. Wood
row and111 the I'resbyterian Church.
It wa: :.o)t.her gtitleman, not I, wh
I in:i'le that renark, and I am no
willing,, to ro liimll of the autliorshil
of his (),%wn productions, or to add un
nec . "ily to Imly own responsibilit'
[whicl *, otherwise sufliciently great
iifor r si n what you regardi as a "hit
hubhiub't' ab)out DrP. Woodrow's uttei
anlees. and (listurintg the equtanimnit'
of1 t he church by making ai quarre
witht hint.
Ylou nre'~ fauir anid just, and( 1 doub.
not. that, yon will bie readly to restor
LIo anothecr thec. rights whieb you hav'
tw intentma;ltly tranhsferredl to mn
ne. hmible se'lf.
I do ntot however, desire to hav
this- tote pubillished ini your colunm)IE
bu ucnent imyself with citing you
I ont, dlear sir, very resp)ectfutllI
li lc'i lhig I)r. Ujirard1eaut djoes no
Ite1ire the piubl icationi of the forega
ing nte, we' Ifeel thait we (1o no0
rea ll v uiolm;'~e coiidencee in dloing se
re.:aring ii t heI act Cexcusabile i nasmucl
ait .N a orthI the case better that
li oull lbe donte in any other shlape
A s lie himself' acquits uts of iinten
tioalJ( wrngue trust he will still i-c
li rd; u in~if thiat~light-AI/hrson,JIm
anu
- Col.- Mitch'll, preisidenit, of thle Au
giis'taL, Edi'a ild and1 iNewb'rry Rail
fiorms your reprlieetatIive t hal. tihirty
ix mills (If his riad has already beel
Lradedl andl -10) hainds are no0w at worli
('on it .Thel' proIinig from herle to Newv
i. hier wvill bei compledb-d1 ini Ihree mnonit M
mi. L nd *: il and mI*I .ideI a conitract ye
' iil 'l 1 in im in n al'r.'. i
V. un hi. Hia'. iih ' Narrow Gane I:
'Ii, no ii' u ii hin I wII inis ofI Sandersv-ille
aI LI) terinnit andil will bel col tedC( ii
11( Wu1e areC anIxio)'I to seeC the road1 comt
m. plii.11o id ouui whetherCI thoe woi<
w ith fo:ee Ithus. far, -
ofi i 1)1 puity am :4neril011. 1Huhe.il'couligh syrup I
H 'il10 AUGUSTA MILL .TROUBLiES
lionorable and Satisf'letory Set tiletl
e of the )1fferences by a Itepresenta- the
live of 1.1i Ki1ghts of Labor.
(Froml the Augusta Clroni"lo ) i i
f An agreement entered into this foulrth ikmc
( (lay of November, 1886, between tle the
Southern Manufacturers' AsSociatlo:, i
of the first Iart, amd the Execttivc .
' Board of the Knights of Labor, of the by
11 second part. thi
it 1. The abolition of t he "pass sys - los
e ten and the petty tyranies con- atn
1 plained of. )c
2. That none of .the enp loyees he inn
ldeprived of work on accotot of their arr
e connection with the Knights of iabor, tok
i or the difliculty which caused the ex- jori
isting troubles, and none of the mnm. 'con
bers of the Order shall discriminate Col
s against any of their co-employees be- bro
- cause they (do not belong to the Or- clha
e dcr. ' coo
y 3. That the manufacturers remit man
r the rent due io them and necumnla. of'
t ted during the strike and lockout 1.,
until November Gth. ; he
e 4. That all difliculties that m)ay uic
hereafter arise to be referred for ad
f justment to a committee, t'VO of which ec:
are to be mill Preside'iis and two the
employcas, and, in Case they do not bee
settle, to choose an umpire. Pend- 1-r
t ing an adjustient the mil11 and ei- tiot
Et ployces shall continue to work. Coil
J 5. In case of a discharge of em m
ployee for cause, the person':; posi
tion, work or machine shall not he
boycotted by any other employee- tha
f 6. The mill to start to work on
November the 8th, 1886.
3 Signed in behalf of the G eneral
3 Executive Board, Knights of Labor. tha
s JAM:S A. W(ilwr. s a
. Signed in behalf of the Sontherni
M) [anufacturer's Association.
1 CuH,1:s G. (JoolIm,ct,
- Secretary and Treasurer rev
1' - - --I+
G)EORGE . TILjIllAN. tal
Ills Natio10'1 l'ptlutation. aln1
t ltf
Representative G eorge ). Tilhl"ma, pre
of Sout,h ('arolina, wiho) has he( ',
g.iuing reputation recently as i, h
opponent of I'residenlt (l;evh:l:lnt, is n.,1
one of the most oig<inal, inte resti(Mgsit !
e and honest men inl Con 'ress. I he mi 1
made use of some of the a.'ertions Bu
attributed to him lie has certainly gt
lost some of hi-, power (.f nccurate vil
statement, for he was not the sort of cvi
man, even three months ago, to ac- of j
cuse the President of holing taxes cau
in the Treasury, lowering the price re'
of' cotton. and keeping "se-en hu- ;y
dred rogues in oflices in Washing- t5i
ton." Mr. Tillman is a man if in- In
tense feeling and utterances on some Sin
sibjects. lie is, for instance, an arr:
) out-and-out silver nan. So strongly trat
i is lie opposed to the views of the
in:1
i moderate silver men froa1 South .1
i Carolina that lie has expreosed the of
opinion that those Democrats in Li
South Carolina, like Mr. Thompson, er:
3 Assistant Secretary of the 'T'reasury; are
L Mr. I'r:,nholm, Controller of the Cur- :hl
i rency; Mr. Hemphill, and others
who opposed unlimited coinnge of (rcl
silver dollars, were purchased with a
price, that they surrendered their real
opinions for oflce. As a speaker )1
- Mr. T1illman remiinds mny1) people of'
P Roscoe Conkling. IIe is older, notfo'
I so tall, and is as white as to hair andl o
beard. But lhe speaks with great de--y
L liberation, ini a somewhat niazel tone, tt
3 with strong andi wellI chosen emuphan.th
3 sis, and bravely, at times, notabhly 1
P whien lie denouncedl the (Governi
ment's examiple in paying ten hoin,
3 wages f'or eight hours' work, am11( .i
in mak ing an iiijust, dliscrimin111at ion, byI
r ai comnpetioni withi then unoitfliciail puli
lie, against all other laborers.
P Mr. Tillman is one of the very few re
priv~ate soiliers left out, of the arm in'
tE of' the Confederate States. lie was'
an artillery nman, who serve in th is
U ranks from 18s(2 till the sutrtrendter.a
, The only other pr'iva'te of the Coi le
Sfederate army that, I hauve ever iiet
was TIom I eslecau x, of Halceih N.
-C. Mr. TIillman has p)ositiv'e opin-1
-ionis about the negro in 1p01htics. Ifeit'
- thintks the negro is hound to priove a
-cause of corrupltioni in the SothI as a't
p)oliticatl factor as soonl as the rauce
begins to vote the Democratic ticket, the
and for that reason lie hopes the lacea
may lbe kep)t solidly Republ ican fo .)1
. years to come. IIlis reasoning is
- that there can be0 n10 political erqual
- ity without, some sort ofl sociail equal- th
^ ity, lbroughat abotit by associationi in
. begins amiong the whites oh' (teSouthIi
.for the coiitrol of' I he niegro t,be de
comie mianif'eit. ThIe n.'ro ill b~I1
will lead to grt'er cinmtin'.nev. 'FTe ,1
negro will niot bie rauiseud to the stattioni
looste whtites, but tile whites will
ooephtysical antd mnttalI and mnoi'al
vigror. All ihie evils that have waited ('I
upjoni Sout,h AmIterican hllf-east je. tric
p)ubhlics will hiecomne the portLioni ofpl
the South, and the former lord andol lie
inaster will be a t,hing of' trad ition geh'~
mnerely. Mr. 'Tillnmn is 60 yeau s s~ibl
of age, in rare good health, aiid lie w'o
niever wiears an undiershairt or anl tu11
I* overcoat. -- Whi1ington ('orres~'po,i 1will
dence New York 'J'%n's ---
The 1"it(1('t ' ('isgr s'ts ;.
r1n1\ cllalan ('es have 1r''slllt.i l Id rot
Congression:l elections, I,otl it
polities of' vari'ou3 districts :nil
le torttnl's Ol' more or less w\"el
wn"1 iembers f1' h1. iIlOuSe ani
re has been a (cecided reluctiol
.he 1)em1OCrat.ie mla,jority, p)rObabl3
rather mlore than one-half11. I:
1 had iceit acclIilishe by thi
i of it SCorv or 1m11ore of, districts
)uutitng to, Say, OnC-eigiii h of thl)
noCrtt"iC strength, while the re
1(ICr had been retalined, we C(oll!h
\ve at, SOmle de(hinIte 'OnClitSOn. h 3
ing inltO alc-oun the a\"0r'.. m,t
ty, as to th . ent r:l verd ict o (lit
iiiy in the 1)t'unu>c;;ie policV in
igress. But the ntt r(' iul i
ugt,rl abtib(lrt.umbe
ln ,es on both ie-all (1\ver" th<
nit'y1, the r,)t';:ub li ha ir.g lost
'y :'a:swhlich they A..r; calltlt'Iien
1(i(,!. retain(i uthlrs by sma:iI
( ritt,'. Ol :n iimade gains whterc
'"d littt.' Of no' hll 'e of l:na:inl.,
tl
(It' is it, easy to a I' ( l '. ver.
r1 principle of' l",- b-; '"illi
change !s tha:t, hW~ N'('u"1r d ha:v(
It madlle. A s w i (l; te:012 m)1; 1,
the e('I'tal 1!:a 1 I ! ;' a
.."'.ts l hein;,n: |yn,a' ibtc
L,ost in moust OC th ll: tr;i: t s w \a'
le largely a n lw':.1 ) ' er.:: atl
Iis. I1 ii, telrefO e, In a lare
y Of' relatively isolate d el'ct1in
any} judgmlent Of' the next, ('1n,
s h:cs LO be bascd'. l o(.Iin, at
nat'r.'' in Lhi.; way, the Im'+St c(mn.
t1(115 feat t'ure is 1ih':lapis t,he fa:tt
the epublican:; lAve lost. threc
a al gained one inl Massachu
s. 1l1inn y'sl dIelf'at in the 1'hin;l
ti'i('t wa"1s due nainly to what was
:sideredi his pra:i"ti('al treachery t.c
'11u1 rei'Cl' , by voting agat in i
inL up the Mlorriso bill, Iat.r le
'in~ I ilfs('II iln f'a Oir of revisi(:'
thoughi this vOt.e was 11lausibly
i1l(d. le cbarace' r (':' tlh e 1.1:m11
("en).ed theI' <h-''(lnst' f*rcll, liaivin
', - : I1h it c)tl ri'\iie w\'O ltl ht , a'
I i - ca' . I'inp(at uous!i :l lit :ia' 14.
d I Sivi s (- ref r an,0 )1lI!.
a'a I It.iy te hIell i't'lt 1On.
p1 l al s aalnte I:..int hin:i
'1lett's (lcetionll inl tie N in t.h atl
,sel's ini the Tenth 1)is;l-ict. we rc
1ri 61fo revvenue re am:nd for1
I s("r"vice re'formt1 as well. 'Il.at
tu s ll I is a r'1t. in f1'r the
:c of so un(l le,;isl:ati'. in ('vet'r
1'rl, On t.h ' other a' l, Lcav r.'
:3 defleat, by (':.hout L-oo.. inl the1
tLh District was largelal cite to (1t
, that the f:'iner, accorling to the
ingli,'hl lI'(pub)lit'an, '-pr1iva:t('ly
tyedi himuself' aga:inst, the Admllinis
iot in a way to iisgut,s It )(gil
Iy in his Ow part-y."
'lie solid iepublican (1elagio ain
hiinneSsOta is broken isa. al
e of its liv'e memberc't"s are I)emnO
,a. The cause'S of, this chanlg
not e'n!tirely clear, but, they p rob
y' have ari:.cn as n uchl From local
t.imencllt as from tIh feeling on t)y
('a111 issue. As coUmll r('1hala:n in('iU
eliai nges lhroughit about by tlit
0n of (a'e'(venu i( e eformer is, the icIe
alei en aiy toiniio 11.ted
ti' l ieae paor~aa' e.e/Ov , it Illinaoisa
hleal a rather w sae of taip1eak
'alistileI ina Kenuc' t o thev ('aielee
((I. ' (iethe inl WcansEi, ti
rint. i wichI5 the Demolactiras susil
tall pro1'ti- a;nis hothlas thi
tnaet. ia(lugt teofe,ali's mo t
:' t ( than' lieal tla'r. Itorisori
h1t(sai veyfhu. IbutLtIt' nt(r
nue'81. re f mo~'t \i.liarkei, w~thc
I1 ioe aiNo.'ait Iioni V4. Iahlor
nI's .lalcea (. h-iiia' i ca h abbidt.
e~t a. s t lie (.' l!.Wri.'saiaL I ..'(
latirar'edtan ('r.t,i Alen Ian ha
i> Ieuanir. llitI:t wi , ofcouril se,~
'h1 attitude of'cit te newLi Congstai
',adi te A chiist.ra~t.h i cant h'e
r('s ri'e forl.it heatyito spo'trt'by
Con e l:(rtInr.Ig 'axant oll.
I i p obIb h;ll:le that. the Farmers'
('onv''ntio(n, which will meet in Cu.
hunl ii;t <m t he !)th of this mont,h, will
tlk into) consideration a wide range
of subj' ets, if we are to judge from
the p)roceedings of the last Convenl.
tion and fr-o1n the speeches and let
ters of its le:tle'. A nl iost proni
nent :, aino.- the tOp)ies that are likely
to (om1ie up is Ihat of taxation, that
beit', to all aippearance, the one
igul which the most stress is laid.
Now, we wish to suggest, one or
two idttas in that, connection. One
is to (nll attention to the well kinIWI
an1,1 long est ah lished p)rincip)les that
ta :ationI inl itsetlf' i: hardly ever harm'lt
f'I t t) t axpay er:., provided the
taxes are ised for t.he public benefit.
W1 htIl:i iIm f)overishes Ita country or i
p)eole is to tax thema and then rob
ti ti i-lbhlic t.reasury of the noney
rised Iy taxation. When this is
done,. no mnat.t 'e how small the tax,
the:reI'' es5 is OilC of depletion, of'
41ur'( n'.poverislllnenlt., and it is
Only' a question Of t,ime how long ul
tiIate ruin cal he postponel. We
rtali zd the trIth of this proposition
in South ('rrolina (iduring the years
fI ltc)ublieai asen1tlency, wlieii,
not ihstanding a high rate of' taxa
tio)n, IIe treasur,y was so systeliati
Cally and boldly and continually
rolbed thalt th('r' was not enough
Motey left even to pay the per dieml
of' h 1 inhI)ti'ers of the G1emnera1 As.
seiibly. Buit to 11s thei proceeds of
Lax at in f'r the public beiefit is
pract.ictlly tO rc.rn the money to
the taxpayers. To keep or increiase
the iliciency of the goverlnent, to
alhnord protectionl to life, liberty atnd
property, to furnish an efl'eetive po
lice, to crect public building. s or other
l)mblic, ilunprovulivents, to provide edu-1
cat.ionlal faeilitiies for thei people, to
pr'ervt'e or extetnd the Ihli(' cr'clit
:ll tlhese increase the valio (f the
tax :ay er's' Iropi't.y, illprov(I the con.
<lit.ii:ns of lif't whicb surroMund. him,
'ntl Ii- ish him wit it h ,lits a dt(
:1ru 1's a g ete r '.,hntn the ('oul
wlhe' thi Hies aot ve:v Ilh. An
othr p)oinLt is flint thtr I no IrO)
etyt qualiticattiOn att. "e tl t) cilizen
::hip) in this coulntr'y. :tt( t.here ought
nuot. to h. HLenc'e it f illows t.h:t, tax
1)^ayet'rs 'r 1l ,'iattld'I to no mol't' coil
si'r'atiotl inl 111o is('tls,'t)n OI n ldie
lntter'1S than1 in>l-t";xI ayer'ts. T1O
ht htl thal. they arte WOUIhi be e(iniva.
lenttl raiin a pr!OperIt,y (<p;ialilen
tion. A1 tl, lesiles. CC i he t ah)su1'dit.y
to whihe it le:u s. Sllf)eI (' a Inan of:
the highest intellig"ence, p)atr"iot.ismn
and1 honesty, atn1d yet, without ai LIlo
lar Of' property in the workl. '1'his
is no4) exeptionna l case; there are
mantly such. lie would be ent.itled
to no consideration. i is next door
neighbo1 r mnight he a man of the very
011posite chr*:we1erist.ics and yet, Iiave
('Ilolgh pr f'Ity to pay 25 C('nt.s
taxes on. lle would he entitled to
co.lsiierationl. l' Again, Some tax
Ilyrs p;ay on more property tL'an
otis' d.o; souIe twiCe as im.ch1 as
oi thers. 1 1m lr1 I the 'l erroeos idlea
thtt wCe re obj'cttig to the man11 whto
ltays t2 1axes haus juist iice theC right
tol l(urt.iciptt inl te manitagemuet of
pitb lic tTfairus that lhe hats whou( pays
only' 1.
TIhere is onuly oneC phlane1 of citize n.
as5 a c'itizen1. ft is julst ais wronig for
a1tIX iapaylr toi cla~Ilm speia il conid 11er
attin as' 'iuch as it, is lot' SIciailists
(it N ibHst s t.o t.rray1 thIemselve's
Lt..mu lst pruptyftI~ hoh*llers And1( the
aissumttion1)1 (if sriorit rights by
Thhet potllinhg of' nieari'y 68,000 vo(te!s
miistake~t of deltiiing his following to
is.te.. It. h:s pr'odut(ced La felg of
uneiness 11( mountIttintg ahn ost, to
uisutal or irretg iutlriopulart demotn
or<h'-r. Andttt this vote iS r('ogntized(
thy al rigii'tantl fetur li ofii theC
n 'h iL i h ve hen 14(:n l initt ('xish
vnt .inf th'is city a: h wf' il ost.ii an e
litn :l;i.nniaio ithoutLE a11 pt(lI
n,h and mh- tlellh~Ie 111n- ter.ioi
ten (inxperienced in tblcalwov,
vote enryuling11 h tb A stin ( f're.
elt~ genIs ly ant ofii dV the xistin, tho
ticaliprtes idhs at onite seen Il be0
tn ve' heandigthinos'It,seriouse
ih onreeasI iof l hi :rnwill bl'Lliesae
men and philosophers. Meanwhile
we wish to speak a word of comfort
to those who must be held accountable
for the future of what we may call
the George movement, and a word of
warning to those timid souls who see
the terrible "red spectre" in every
fresh effort to organize the working.
men for any purpose whatever.
We do not see in the George vote
any threat to "property and order."
The behavior of' the mnen who cast
this vote at all their meetings and
public demonstrations previous to
election (lay, as well as their conduct
since, has been ts peaceable and or
derly as the behavior of Mr. Hewitt's
party or Air. lioosevclt's party. It
is only to some ill considered and
very foolish eXpressions of some of
lr. George's campaign speakers, in
cluding Alr. George himself, and to
the presence in the ranks of his fol
lowers of' a certain number ofAnarch.
ists and Socialists that even the most
timid property owner could take ex
ception-save and except Mr.
George's theory of land taxation and
confiscation. As to this last, it was
scarcely more an issue in the canvass
than were Mr. IHewitt's or Mr. ltoose.
velt's tarif reform views. Mr.
George himself admits that as Mayor
lie could have had nothing whatever
to do with the ownership or taxation
of land, and we do not look for any
considerable spread of theories so
radically and unmistakably unsound
and hostile to the interests, not mere
ly of the few, but of the great ma
jority. We may add that the Anar
chists and Socialists who supl)orled
Mr. George are working, in this lie.
public, uponi soil in which their ideas
can never take coot, and so long as
they obey the laws they can (1o no
great harm. The death sentence
about to be executed upon Spies,
l"ielden, Parsons, and their associ
ates in Chicago shows what happens
to these visionaries when they at.
tempt to put down by lawless force
those whom they are pleased to call
their. oppressors.
.liind fea'r oI the Consequences to
soriety iniivolh ed inl thet apearance of
the ( eorge party is aln evidenc of an
inability or an unwillingness to rea
son out its meaning and promise.
But that view which denies to it any
reason able cause for existence, which
lumps these 68,000 voters indiscrim
inately together as Anarchists, vaga.
bonds, cranks, and tramps. and which
conceives no way of' dealing with this
new force save to fight it and put it
down, iinplies anl understanding of
our lRepuhlictat (iovernmuent quite as
densely stupid and violently wrong
as thimt of the Anarchists themselves.
A sentiment or a complaint which
ftinds e,Xpression in the castimg of
G8,000 votes in a single city is not to
ie disposed of by the process of' sup
pression.
The other and the wiser way, the
Am1erican and Republican way, is to
consider soberly what ideas, what
wants, what grievances this vote rep.
resents, and so far as these ideas and
wants and gi'evancCs are sound and
reasontable andt well founded to re
cogizie thtetm and to take suchi steps
as wvill cointen)t the unteasiness p)ro
oduicedl by thei r f'ailutre of' recognition
in the past,. Thiis does not men the
con)fiscationt of' lanud. It does not
miean t,en' hours' pay for eight hours'
work. 1 t does not, mean the prohi
bition of' police inuterference with ri
otous stiker's andl lawless boycotts.
It does not mean that the working
meni aind their famuilies have genuine
grievanices which it behooves the
makers and1( executors of' the laws to
take into account. It mens that
Mu'. llainec's hollow cry of' protection
to A mnericant itndustry may not be
accepted as a prescr'iptioni which will
afford a curei' for every social ill. It
mecanus that the continuous11 making
and1( the abniost inivariable construing
of' laws f'or the advantage of stock
watering and montopolizing corpora.
ijolts are ant abuse that can not go on
forever. It means that there is a
wronug to lie r'ighitedl bet,ween the mnil
lioniaire who easily and1 persistently
escap)es Itaxationi, and the imechantic
whose taxes arec collected with uin
l'ailIinig certainty ini his rentt and in
his pJaymlents f'or coal and bread.
And( it may13 mean that "society'' will
have somtet,ing to say to the capital
ist,s who huddles a hiudred f'amilies
in to his teneimenit house in ordler that
hi~ r'etnts may rep)resentt a 25 per' cent.
pro'(fit.
T'hiese are i amotig the prnoblemns cer
tainhy rikd by Alr. GJeou'ge's uneIx
ICetl Ily liv y vo te. "'property anid
ordei" will not suifler if they are
solv~ed ini the just andtt humainfe way.
A lio when t,hitse solutionis, and1( others
Ito imoie subversive of the social or
de,are foundi( we are entirely confi.
denlt that Air. hlenry George's party
will tranqluilly dIisappear by absorp
t ion.--ew Y'ork TJimnes (in-Recp.
Bucoklon's Armesa Ralvo.
Thie ntett salvu in I he woibi fot Cuts, Sore's,
Uriseit(X, U iceris, snit Rheutnii,, tever' sorest, Tel -
nil skin~1,i Erutions, an<(1l posit Ivoly cures0 pile8,
or' no paty retiulirect. I, Ish giuranternt to givo
perfeci1 t isltotion, or' noney refutiid,1
lco I cents per box. J"or 8ale by Colildc
& Lvons. 7.14